Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Cynthia is an
unincorporated community in
Hinds County ,
Mississippi , United States. It is part of the
Jackson
Metropolitan Statistical Area .
History
Cynthia is located on the
Canadian National Railway .
[2] A post office operated under the name Cynthia from 1887 to 1935.
[3]
Multiple fossils from the
Eocene epoch have been discovered in
clay pits in Cynthia, including a previously unknown species of
Belosaepiidae (Mississaepia mississippiensis )
[4] and a species of
Pterosphenus .
[5]
Notable person
References
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cynthia, Mississippi
^ Howe, Tony.
"Cynthia, Mississippi" . Mississippi Rails . Retrieved May 18, 2021 .
^
"Hinds County" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 18, 2021 .
^
Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: 2012 Edition . ScholarlyEditions. January 10, 2013. p. 621.
ISBN
978-1-4816-4548-5 .
^ J. Alan Holman; Professor of Zoology and Geology Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology J Alan Holman (2000).
Fossil Snakes of North America: Origin, Evolution, Distribution, Paleoecology . Indiana University Press. p. 238.
ISBN
0-253-33721-6 .
^ United States. Congress (1971).
Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the Ninety-first Congress, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, Inclusive . U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1107.